Prevalence and Associated Comorbidities of Moderate to Severe Chronic Renal Impairment in Chinese Nursing Home Older Adults

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 630-633

  Chan, Tuen Ching ^a,b   Yap, D Y H ^b   Shea, Y F ^a,b   Luk, K H ^a   Chan, H W ^a   Chu, L W ^b  

^a Fung Yiu King Hospital   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Chinese; Nursing home older adults; Prevalence; Renal failure; Renal impairment

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHINESE; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 84865533896     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2012.05.007     Document Type: Article

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